polish
see also: Polish
Pronunciation Noun
Polish
Pronunciation Adjective
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see also: Polish
Pronunciation Noun
polish
- A substance used to polish.
- A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
- Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
- The floor was waxed to a high polish.
- Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
- The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.
- (substance) wax
- (smoothness, shininess) finish, sheen, shine, shininess, smoothness
- (cleanliness in performance or presentation) class, elegance, panache, refinement, style
- French: vernis
- German: Politur
- Italian: lucido, cera
- Portuguese: cera, graxa
- Spanish: pulidor, abrillantador, pulimento, betún (shoe polish)
- German: Glanz
- Italian: lucidità, lucentezza, brillantezza, levigatezza
- Portuguese: polimento
- German: Schliff
- Italian: raffinatezza
- Portuguese: polimento
polish (polishes, present participle polishing; past and past participle polished)
- (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
- He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
(transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from. - The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
- 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversations ↗
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
- (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
- Steel polishes well.
- (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
- (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing) wax, shine, buff, furbish, burnish, smooth, bone
- (refine) hone, perfect, refine
- French: polir
- German: polieren
- Italian: lucidare, levigare, lustrare, brillantare, tirare a lucido
- Portuguese: polir
- Russian: (reflective surface) полирова́ть
- Spanish: pulir, acicalar
- German: perfektionieren
- Italian: perfezionare, smussare, levigare
- Portuguese: polir
- Spanish: pulir
Polish
Pronunciation Adjective
polish (not comparable)
- Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.
- Polono- (prefix)
- French: polonais
- German: polnisch
- Italian: polacco
- Portuguese: polonês, polaco
- Russian: по́льский
- Spanish: polaco, polonés
polish (uncountable)
- The language spoken in Poland.
- Middle Polish
- Old Polish
- French: polonais
- German: Polnisch
- Italian: polacco
- Portuguese: polonês, polaco
- Russian: по́льский
- Spanish: polaco
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